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Kaplan Scores 09 Jun 2007, 22:22
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Hello Gurus,

Can anyone tell me the correlation between kaplan scores and realGMAT. I wrote couple of Kaplan tests and I scored 640 in both of them with Math at 50 and verbal at 33. I felt the kaplan RC's to be really ridiculous. Can anyone share their experience on kaplan. I have my exam next month and I am planning to give GMATPREP 1 next week. But this low verbal score has killed my confidence.

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Kaplan Scores 09 Jun 2007, 22:29
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i think my first kaplan score was around 500
my best kaplan score was around 650

my actual gmat was a 780

kaplan is a POS. the verbal questions arent written in english, and the math problems are vague and all about tricks. there was even a math question i saw duplicated in a kaplan book, and the kaplan practice cat and each had a different answer.

take the GMATPrep cat to really gauge where you are.
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Kaplan Scores 09 Jun 2007, 23:06
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I second that. In fact heaps of people and posts around this forum will tell you that Kaplan CAT is not a good judge of you real potential.
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Kaplan Scores 10 Jun 2007, 10:51
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Even thought the score doesn't correlate with your true potentialas far as the score, they are still great practice for timing and the basics. Personally, I prefer the PR tests over Kaplan, but practicing your timing is essential for test day.
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Kaplan Scores 10 Jun 2007, 11:22
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dabots

kaplan is a POS. the verbal questions arent written in english, and the math problems are vague and all about tricks. there was even a math question i saw duplicated in a kaplan book, and the kaplan practice cat and each had a different answer.

take the GMATPrep cat to really gauge where you are.
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I totally agree. Kaplan is crap !! Time spent on playing "Half-life" will help you more in increasing your GMAT score than that spent on the RCs from the Kaplan tests. GMATPrep is the only true indicator of your potential.
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Kaplan Scores 11 Jun 2007, 23:01
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Thank you all. I feel better now. I will go ahead and take GMATPrep this weekend and guage myself.